First day in Spain

Arrived in Spain on Thursday, reassembled the bike, which survived the plane trip, and went up the hill on Friday morning. The house where we stay is at the bottom of a mountain called Abantos. The house is at 970m, the top of the mountain pas - Puerto de Malagon, at 1547m, and the Abantos 1750m. Click for the Google satellite picture of the area Abantos is the mountain just north of the village.
Steep ride up to the Embalse de Romeral, then along the track to the 16 Zs - 250m of climb up narrow zigzag singletrack in the pine trees. Gets the heart racing. From Los Llanios the final 200m up to road to the top is very steep. They once ran the Giro de España up here, and have local races, so the road is painted with names of cyclists. 1:15hr to the top. Found a great new descent from near the top of Malagon down a rocky footpath, lots of roots, rock gardens etc. Cross the road again and onto the steep path down the valley - 15mins to descend.
View to the village from half way up.
16km;600m;1:45hr.